extinction

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.

Concepten

vernietiging

annihilatie

ondergang
uitsterven

uitdoving

Synoniemen

destruction
B2
annihilation
C2
quenching
death
A1
💀
extermination
20k
end
A1
🔚
obliteration
extinguishing
extinguishment
eradication
47k
abolition
36k
disappearance
C1
cessation
48k
extinguish
21k
defunctness
dying
A2
dying out

experimental extinction

allaying
nirvana
C2
nonexistence
putting out
remaining
B2
removal
C2
sterilization
42k
sterilize
29k
subsidence
termination
C2
absorbancy
erasement
flame-out

bumwhush

absorbance
attenuation
cancellation
21k
consumption
C2
deletion
demise
C2
die out
discontinuance
discontinuation
dissolution
32k
effacement
elimination
C1
erase
C1
erasure
expiation
interruption
C2
lapse
C2
massacre
C1
Vertalingen

extinction
estinzione
extinção
extinción
extinció
Aussterben

söndürme

Vernichtung
Extinktion
imha
spegnimento
disparition
estinguere

εξάλειψη

sterminio
Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/
Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels
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In summary

From late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.

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